Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1985
The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1985 were Jennifer for girls (1,123 babies) and Michael for boys (2,122). Jennifer ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 74,193 babies born in Massachusetts in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1985
Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Meaghan: 127 babies, 9.9× the national rate
- Maura: 39 babies, 7.2× the national rate
- Siobhan: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
- Katelyn: 166 babies, 5.8× the national rate
- Caitlyn: 41 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Kerry: 68 babies, 5× the national rate
- Kaitlyn: 88 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Kerri: 85 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Gillian: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Caitlin: 287 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Boys
- Brendan: 164 babies, 5.6× the national rate
- Dana: 55 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Brendon: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
- Bradford: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
- Peter: 324 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Francis: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Ethan: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Marc: 107 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Colin: 83 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Leo: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1985
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1984 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 1,123 | – | 3 |
| 2 | Jessica | 1,022 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Amanda | 897 | ↑3 | 4 |
| 4 | Ashley | 865 | ↑3 | 2 |
| 5 | Nicole | 834 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 6 | Sarah | 751 | ↓3 | 5 |
| 7 | Elizabeth | 617 | ↓2 | 9 |
| 8 | Stephanie | 587 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 9 | Melissa | 536 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 10 | Lauren | 507 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 11 | Laura | 496 | ↑4 | 14 |
| 12 | Danielle | 482 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 13 | Heather | 421 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 14 | Emily | 397 | ↑2 | 24 |
| 15 | Michelle | 391 | ↑3 | 22 |
| 16 | Amy | 388 | ↓3 | 20 |
| 17 | Christina | 386 | ↑11 | 12 |
| 18 | Kimberly | 376 | ↑2 | 19 |
| 19 | Erin | 372 | ↓5 | 26 |
| 20 | Megan | 366 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 21 | Kristen | 357 | – | 38 |
| 22 | Rebecca | 356 | ↓5 | 25 |
| 23 | Rachel | 346 | ↓4 | 13 |
| 24 | Katherine | 328 | ↓1 | 32 |
| 25 | Christine | 321 | ↑2 | 44 |
| 26 | Kelly | 308 | ↓1 | 28 |
| 27 | Caitlin | 287 | ↑7 | 77 |
| 28 | Meghan | 287 | ↓2 | 63 |
| 29 | Lisa | 277 | ↓5 | 36 |
| 30 | Lindsay | 257 | – | 40 |
| 31 | Sara | 235 | ↑2 | 30 |
| 32 | Andrea | 230 | ↓1 | 33 |
| 33 | Courtney | 228 | ↑5 | 43 |
| 34 | Allison | 227 | ↑8 | 46 |
| 35 | Jenna | 227 | ↑8 | 50 |
| 36 | Shannon | 226 | ↓4 | 41 |
| 37 | Samantha | 220 | ↑12 | 29 |
| 38 | Crystal | 218 | ↓9 | 21 |
| 39 | Julie | 217 | ↓4 | 55 |
| 40 | Jamie | 210 | ↑7 | 27 |
| 41 | Kathryn | 208 | ↓1 | 48 |
| 42 | Jillian | 198 | ↑4 | >100 |
| 43 | Erica | 196 | ↓4 | 34 |
| 44 | Kathleen | 195 | – | 68 |
| 45 | Jacqueline | 191 | ↑3 | 60 |
| 46 | Kristin | 191 | ↓9 | 49 |
| 47 | Alicia | 190 | new | 45 |
| 48 | Angela | 190 | new | 31 |
| 49 | Lindsey | 189 | ↓4 | 37 |
| 50 | Katie | 182 | ↓9 | 39 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1984 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,122 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,564 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 3 | Christopher | 1,555 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 4 | Daniel | 1,205 | – | 5 |
| 5 | David | 977 | – | 6 |
| 6 | John | 969 | – | 9 |
| 7 | Ryan | 944 | ↑4 | 12 |
| 8 | Andrew | 928 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 9 | Joseph | 918 | ↓1 | 10 |
| 10 | James | 884 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 11 | Robert | 845 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 12 | Brian | 805 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 13 | Jonathan | 741 | ↑1 | 17 |
| 14 | Joshua | 734 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 15 | Nicholas | 706 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 16 | Jason | 646 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 17 | Kevin | 587 | ↑6 | 23 |
| 18 | Timothy | 579 | ↑6 | 26 |
| 19 | William | 575 | ↓1 | 16 |
| 20 | Adam | 569 | ↓3 | 22 |
| 21 | Thomas | 544 | ↓2 | 25 |
| 22 | Eric | 531 | ↓1 | 21 |
| 23 | Jeffrey | 526 | ↓1 | 29 |
| 24 | Anthony | 512 | ↑4 | 20 |
| 25 | Justin | 503 | ↓5 | 15 |
| 26 | Stephen | 501 | – | 36 |
| 27 | Patrick | 473 | ↓2 | 37 |
| 28 | Sean | 466 | ↓1 | 38 |
| 29 | Mark | 446 | – | 32 |
| 30 | Richard | 430 | ↑1 | 28 |
| 31 | Steven | 424 | ↓1 | 24 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 389 | ↑2 | 31 |
| 33 | Paul | 384 | ↓1 | 42 |
| 34 | Gregory | 332 | ↑1 | 45 |
| 35 | Scott | 332 | ↓2 | 44 |
| 36 | Alexander | 324 | ↑1 | 50 |
| 37 | Kyle | 324 | ↑2 | 27 |
| 38 | Peter | 324 | ↓2 | 60 |
| 39 | Brandon | 305 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 40 | Derek | 264 | ↓2 | 56 |
| 41 | Charles | 229 | ↑1 | 34 |
| 42 | Nathan | 216 | ↓1 | 40 |
| 43 | Bryan | 201 | ↑7 | 48 |
| 44 | Aaron | 197 | ↑1 | 33 |
| 45 | Zachary | 197 | ↑4 | 39 |
| 46 | Jeremy | 193 | new | 30 |
| 47 | Edward | 192 | ↓4 | 59 |
| 48 | Keith | 187 | ↓4 | 64 |
| 49 | Kenneth | 183 | ↓1 | 47 |
| 50 | Shawn | 180 | ↓4 | 55 |
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